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Founders of the College

The Founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons by Sir Patrick Kenny FRACS (ed.), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, 1984  (PDF 27.8 KB)

History of the College

Celebrating 80 years by Gordon Low, RACS, 2007 (PDF 1.03 MB)

A brief history of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons by John Masterton FRACS, 2006 (PDF 1.60 MB)

The History of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1920-1935 by Julian Ormond Smith FRACS, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Vol 41 (1), August 1971 (PDF 8.69 MB)

The History of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1935-1960 by Sir Douglas Miller FRACS, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Vol 41 (4), May 1972 (PDF 2.19 MB)

Forty years on: something on South Sea Surgery and surgeons by F. Gordon Bell FRACS, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Vol 39 (1) (PDF 11 MB) 

The history of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from Foundation to 1935 by Andrew Newton, B.A (Hons) thesis, Dept of History, Monash University, 1979 (PDF 236 KB)

An early history of the College by Wynn Beasley FRACS, 2001

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The Mantle of Surgery

The Mantle of Surgery: the first seventy-five years of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons by A.W. Beasley, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, 2002 (PDF 73.4 MB)

The Mantle of Surgery: seventy five years of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons can also be purchased using the College merchandise order form.  Fellows of the College who have not yet received their free copy should contact Kylie McDonald by email or phone +61 3 9276 7429.

History of Surgery in Australia and New Zealand

How surgery came to Australasia by Sir D'Arcy Power, Paper read at the opening of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, 1935 (PDF 5.49 MB)

Australian surgeons and society by Rowan Nicks, ANZ Journal of Surgery, Vol 50 (6), 1980 (PDF 6.34 MB).  The two photos below are reproduced from this article.